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Coney Meadow and Adjoining Areas (2 Viewers)

Woodchat

Cogito ergo sum
A few record shots (taken through bins):

1. Whinchat at Tapenhall
2. Whinchat close-up
3. Wheatear at Copcut Rise
 

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Woodchat

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An entertaining weekend on the patch - summary below:

3+ Cuckoos (all males) - Salwarpe, Ladywood and Porter's Mill
2 Common Whitethroats - Ladywood and Middleton Bank
5 Willow Warblers - thinly spread - including a mixed singer on Gorsey Bank.
1 Whinchat - Tapenhall
1 Grasshopper Warbler - Mildenham area
5 Wheatears (4 males, 1 female) - Copcut / Middleton Bank
3 Swifts - over Westwood
1 Common Sandpiper - Porter's Mill (canal)
2 Sedge Warblers - Porter's Mill / Mildenham
Several Reed Warblers - Coney and Porter's Mill
2 Lapwings - Middleton Bank
3 Yellowhammers - singing male and female Tapenhall + 1 at Copcut Rise
1 Greylag - over Coney
4+ Gadwall - pair at Tapenhall plus several birds and pairs over Coney
Mixed hirundine flocks
Sparrowhawks
2 Kestrels
Buzzards
2 Ravens
3+ Grey Wagtails
Kingfisher
Grey Herons
several flocks of Linnets
Mistle Thrushes
singing Nuthatch
Goldcrests, Treecreepers, Coal Tits, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers
Stock Doves
Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs
Jays
Bullfinches
 

Birder Gladys

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I agree with Woodchat quiet a entertaining weekend,just some pics from it,
1 & 2 swallows at Porters
3& 4 Fishing pool Tapenhall (missed windchat)
5 Best looking field in the county
 

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Birder Gladys

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in between pics 2 & 3 I'm quite sure a Weasel ran under the wooden gate stopping to look at me on it way, I had my camera on at the time but just got a blurred shot of the hedge.
 

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Woodchat

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I saw my first Holly Blue of the year on Saturday. Lots of Orange tips, Commas, Peacocks and Small Tortoiseshells also. One or two Speckled Woods.
 

Woodchat

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3 Wheatears - 2 females, 1 male - at Middleton Bank this evening - view barren dry cattle field from gate by railway bridge along Copcut Lane.
 

Woodchat

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Coney Meadow

A Grasshopper Warbler sang 3 times to the left of the viewing screen at around 6 am.
3 Snipes flushed from the eastern small pool.
1 Common Whitethroat singing.
1 Water Rail showed well in front of the screen.
1 Cuckoo perched in dead tree.
Reed Warblers.

Elsewhere:

Willow Warbler Salwarpe village

Whitethroat singing and showing well Middleton Bank.

A pair of Kestrels mating in tree along Copcut Lane
 

Mary

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As we turned out of Chawson Lane towards Salwarpe village this morning, in the car, a weasel shot across the road in front of us. A first for me, and first in many years for o/h. Fabulous, if too brief! Maybe there's a good population of them thereabouts.
Grasshopper warbler singing near the screen for a few minutes. Sadly, didn't hear a cuckoo.
 

Woodchat

Cogito ergo sum
A Little Ringed Plover just flushed from one of the scraped areas at Copcut Rise - patch tick!

2 Lapwings over.

A Hobby just flew low over the worked area!!
 
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Woodchat

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Two Grasshopprr Warblers singing and showing well this evening.

Two Snipes flew out of the reedbed.

Might be worth mentioning the 2 Meadow Pipits I had flu over Coney this morning - in case they are the last ones for a few months.
 

Woodchat

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2 mile circular walk this morning:

1 Lesser Whitethroat singing from the Chawson Lane area - first for the year.
1 Grasshopper Warbler Coney Meadow.
4+ Wheatears (3 females, 1 male) in the 'barren' field with cattle in it at Middleton Bank.
2 Cuckoos Coney Meadow
3 Snipes
1 Water Rail
Reed Warblers
2 Common Whitethroats
Nuthatch
Goldcrests
Ravens
Skylark
1 Meadow Pipit over

Worth getting up at 05:30 for.
 

Triturus

Triturus
As we turned out of Chawson Lane towards Salwarpe village this morning, in the car, a weasel shot across the road in front of us. A first for me, and first in many years for o/h. Fabulous, if too brief! Maybe there's a good population of them thereabouts.
Grasshopper warbler singing near the screen for a few minutes. Sadly, didn't hear a cuckoo.

Mary

I have also seen a weasel (last year) up near Middleton Cottage (the thatched one on Copcut Lane) so they are about.

Cuckoo was calling at weekend and was heard in village.

Triturus
 

Triturus

Triturus
All

Just received this image form a Salwarpe neighbour who advises firemen are present but unable to do anything. Not looking good I'm afraid.

Triturus
 

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Woodchat

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All

Just received this image form a Salwarpe neighbour who advises firemen are present but unable to do anything. Not looking good I'm afraid.

Triturus

I despair I really do!!!!!!!

What will be affected:

Cuckoos
Grasshopper Warblers
Reed Warblers
Sedge Warblers
Water Rails
Reed Buntings
etc, etc...

I just hope they find the perpetrators :C:C:C:C

Just so so sad!
 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
I despair I really do!!!!!!!

What will be affected:

Cuckoos
Grasshopper Warblers
Reed Warblers
Sedge Warblers
Water Rails
Reed Buntings
etc, etc...

I just hope they find the perpetrators :C:C:C:C

Just so so sad!

Gutted for you mate and all other Coney watchers.

Could you post the photo you showed me of the area once the fire was out so everyone can appreciate the scale of the destruction :C:C:-C:-C
 
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